Hand-carried receptacle



Aug. 21, 1951 R. T.HAUBRICK HAND-CARRIED RECEPTACLE Filed March 19, 1947 ROBERT T. HAUBRICK INVENTOR.

y W I Patented Aug. 21, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to ladies handbags and more specifically to an improved type of handbag having a cosmetics container conveniently available as a permanent and functional part thereof.

Heretofore, ladies handbags have served as a means for carrying numerous small items and have become a conventional part of the feminine attire. In addition to its utilitarian value as a containing and carrying means, the ladys handbodiment of Fig. 1 showing the cosmetics compact and handba in position for simultaneous use;

Fig. 3 shows in perspective a further embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 4 is a partial view of a further embodiment of this invention, a portion thereof being out & away to demonstrate a possible coupling means bag serves as an ornamental element of womens costuming.

In the past, however, it has proven inconvenient and manually difiicult for a woman to procure her cosmetics compact from among other items in her handbag and apply the cosmetics without laying the handbag down. If no convenient resting place is available, the handbag must usually be held under the arm. Such action is uncomfortable and tiring. Furthermore, the handkerchief or other often-needed contents in the handbag are not easily gotten while hands are occupied with the use of the compact.

In view of these dificulties, a specific object of the present invention is to provide a ladys accessory bag which functions as a handbag and at the same time provides a conveniently available cosmetics compact.

A further object is to provide an accessory bag having a compact so coupled thereto that it cannot be lost or temporarily mislaid.

A still further object is to provide an accessory bag having as its cover, a cosmetics compact.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ladys handbag with a cosmetics compact forming the cover thereof, whereby a mirror contained within the compact can conveniently be of substantially larger dimensions than usual without introducing additional bulk or carrying difficulty.

A further object is to provide a handbag and cosmetics compact combined so that they are both easily held while the compact is in use.

An additional object is to provide a handbag and cosmetics compact, in combination, which so cooperate that the contents of the handbag are conveniently available while the compact is in use.

These and further objects are achieved by apparatus of the present invention which is described in detail in the following specification and shown in the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a second perspective view of the emin the top thereof.

of the invention, and a phantom view being included to show one of the positions of elements of the invention.

With reference to the accompanying drawing and more specifically to Fig. 1, a ladys accessory bag is shown having a receptacle II with a substantially circular opening (reference 23 of Fig. 2)

About the periphery of this opening a rigid supporting ring I2 is secured. A cosmetics container I3 of the well known compact variety comprisin a lid 20 and bottom 2I joined by hinge 22 is movably attached to the supporting ring I2 by pin I 4 so as to form a cover for the receptacle I I when in the position shown in Fig. 1. Two protruding ears I5 and I6 may be formed in container I3 and supporting ring I2 respectively to receive coupling pin I4. Further attention will be devoted later to possible coupling structures.

For carrying convenience a strap I'I, long enough to be slipped over the arm, is attached to the receptacle II at two diametrically opposed points by means of conventional ring-shaped wire members I8 (only one shown). Members I8 are in turn secured to receptacle II. It is apparent that strap Il may be attached to either receptacle II as shown or to supportin ring I2, and that any number of well known means may be used to properly secure the two ends of said strap I1.

The receptacle II may be made of flexible material such as fabric, soft leather, plastic, etc., or may be formed to rigid shape out of a variety of relatively inflexible materials. An additional opening formed by a slide fastener I9 may be disposed in receptacle II to allow easier entry and for cleaning purposes, if desired. Such ornamental trim as initials 24 may be attached to a conspicuous portion of container I I.

The cosmetics container I3 may be one of any variety of Well-known ladies grooming kits. The contents of these often include rouge, powder, powder pufi", mirror, etc., and the containers commonly have separate compartments for these various contents. As shown in th drawing, the cosmetics container I3 is disk-shaped, having circular symmetry. It will be apparent to one versed in the art that container I3 may be any of a variety of shapes such as oval, rectangular, etc., with the supporting ring I2, the opening (23) of the container II and possibly the container II itself, formed to similar shape so as to conform attractively with their cover member, cosmetics container I3. It is further apparent that container I3 is not limited in use to cosmetics carriage but may be adapted to carry keys, comb, lipstick, handkerchief and other such common feminine items, with container I3 adapted to receive the desired items in a manner common to the art.

In Fig. 2 is shown the same structure of Fig. 1, with both receptacle II and cosmetics container I3 open for simultaneous use. The opning 23 to receptacle I I is apparent in this figure, with supporting ring I2 secured about the periphery thereof. The means by which receptacle I I is so secured to ring I2 is not herein shown, but may be by any well known means such as cementing, riveting, moulding within plastic, etc. Elements 3| and 32 form a catch mechanism for securing lid 2t to container bottom 2! when the compact I3 is in the closed position. A wide variety of catch mechanisms are known in the art and may be here employed.

A possible form of cosmetics container I3 is shown with lid 20 and bottom 2i joined by hinge 22. A large viewing mirror 36 forms an integral portion of the lid 28, and a circular partition 33, which carries rouge spot 35 and applicator 36, is movably joined to container bottom 2i by hinge 34. By raising partition 33 on th provided hinge 34, a powder puiT and supply of powder (neither shown) contained in bottom 2I are made available for use. It can be realized from this figure that a very large viewing mirror 30 can be carried in the lid of the spacious container I3 without requiring any of the valuable space of receptacle II. Such a large mirror adds much in the way of ease of viewing.

The apparatus of this invention can easily be transformed from the arrang ment of components for carrying, as in Fig. 1, to their arrangement for use, as shown in Fig, 2. This action merely involves the pivoting of container I3 with respect to supporting ring I2 about pin I4 and opening the container I3 in a conventional manner. With the elements of the apparatus of this invention in the position shown in Fig. 2, the entire structure may be easily supported by one hand, leaving the other hand free to use the cosmetics in container I3 or to procure any desired items from receptacle II. It is apparent that the cosmetics of container I 3 may be used, if desired, with the container I3 in the normal carrying position shown in Fig. l, but with lid 20 raised.

A variety of means may be employed to join the cosmetics container I3 to the supporting ring I2 without departing from the scope of the invention. One such means, difiering from that of Figs. 1 and 2, is, illustrated in Fig. 3. In this figure, the receptacle II is shown having supporting ring I 2 secured about the periphery of the opening in the receptacle. The cosmetics container I3 forms a functional part of the structure and comprises a lid 20 and a bottom 21' joined by hinge 22.

The point of distinction between this and the previously cited structure rests in the use of a second hinge I to couple the cosmetics container I3 to the supporting ring I2. By such coupling means, the cosmetics container I3 and receptacle II can be easily held open simultaneously as illustrated, thus permitting enjoyment of the many advantages described above.

With the container I3 held closed by any of a variety of well known catch mechanisms, the

container may be swung on hinge 48 through a turn of approximately degrees and thus made to form, by cooperative agreement with supporting ring I2, a cover for the receptacle I I. Further catch means may be provided to hold container I3 and supporting ring I2 in this adjacent relationship, thus maintaining the apparatus of Fig. 3 in a closed or carrying position.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the apparatus of the invention is provided with a simple flexible strap I! for holding and carrying convenience. A possible alternate carrying means is illustrated in Fig. 3 and comprises two rings II formed of substantially rigid material and secured to the receptacle structure at diametrically opposed points. Handle straps 42' (one shown) may be provided on either side of the receptacle II as additional grasping means.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the desired pivotal relationship between the supporting ring I2 and cosmetics container I3 is maintained by pin I I. In addition to so maintaining elements I2 and IS, the coupling structure associated therewith may also be adapted to secure them in desired relative positions, such as the open or closed posi tions. A possible coupling means for achieving this end is illustrated in Fig. 4.

Referring to Fig. 4, the cosmetics container I3 is shown comprising a .lid 20 and a bottom 2! movably attached to one another by hinge Protruding ears I5 and I 6 are formed in the compact I3 and supporting ring I2 respectively and are adapted to receive the coupling structure shown in detail. A portion of the receptacle II which is fixedly joined to supporting ring I2 is shown.

To provide the desired pivotal relationship be tween the cosmetics container is and the supporting ring I2, a pin 59 engages said members I3 and I2 in the central region of their respective protruding ears. The pin 59 passes through the ears I5 and IS with its central axis perpendicular to the adjacent plane faces 52 and 53 of said ears, and is further adapted to permit the container I3 to be rotated about pin 5i) into a desired position, such as that shown in Fig. 2. To maintain the ears I5 and III in a, smooth and adjacent cooperative relationship, the recess in ear I6 which receives one head of the pin 58 is enlarged to hold helical spring EI. This spring 5! is wound about pin 58 and held under tension in the restriction between one head of pin 59 and the base of the recess of ear I6.

Disposed in the surface 52 of ear I6 are recesses numbered 54 through 53 which are shaped and located to receive the protrudances I50 and 5 I, formed in the surface 5-3 of the ear I5, when the members of the apparatus are in certain positions of rotation. For example, when the apparatus of the invention is in the closed or carrying position as shown in Fig. 1 (and by the solid lines of Fig. 4), the protrudances 69 and GI are seated in recesses 58 and 59 respectively, and are held in such seated relationship by the tension of spring 5|, thereby effectively locking the carrying receptacle and maintaining its contents safely within.

To place the apparatus described in the open position with the contents of the receptacle II 3 available for use (such as is shown in Fig. 2),,

the cosmetics container I3 is pivoted about the pin 50 into the phantom position 10 of Fig. 4. Suflicient freedom is provided by the helical spring 5| to permit the protrudances 60 and SE to be unseated from the recesses 58 and 59, and when the container 13 arrives in the phantom position these protrudances fall. into recesses 54 and 55 respectively. The apparatus is thereby secured in the open position for the convenience of the user. Should it be desired to open the receptacle by a counter-clockwise rather than clockwise rotation of the compact l3, the recesses 56 and 5! will serve to receive the protrudances 60 and El respectively and thereby hold the elements of the invention in this open position.

The invention described in the foregoing specification need not be limited to the details shown, which are considered to be illustrative of one form the invention may take. What I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

. member having an associated spring means A lady's handbag comprising a first receptacle 1 of substantially flexible material, said first receptacle having a restricted and substantially circular opening therein, a rigid supporting ring having a diameter approximately equal to that of said circular opening being fixedly attached to said first receptacle about the periphery of said circular opening therein, a second receptacle rigidly formed and substantially disk-shaped having a diameter approximately equal to the outer diameter of said supporting ring, a coupling member associated with said second receptacle and said supporting ring at their respective outer peripheries, said coupling member being adapted to maintain said second receptacle and said supporting ring in sliding adjacency, said coupling adapted to provide tension for maintaining said second receptacle and said supporting ring in adjacency, a plurality of small protrudances and a multiplicity of recesses shaped to receive said protrudances being disposed in opposed and adjacent faces of said second receptacle and said supporting ring, said protrudances and. said recesses being so mutually aligned that said protrudances seat in recesses when said second receptacle and said supporting ring are in predetermined relative positions, said spring means providing sufiicient flexibility to permit said protrudances to be unseated when a different relative position is desired, whereby said protrudances and said recesses cooperate to temporarily secure said first and said second receptacles in certain convenient relative positions for use.

ROBERT T. HAUTBRICK.

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